Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 14, 1908, Page 4

> INTERESTING STATISTICS FROM GOUNTY REGORDS Continued from First Page Thirteen acres of ground have been cleared of stumps and two acres of this broke ready for crop. Two hundred eighty-seven cords of wood have been hauled from the farm to the court house, 1epresent- ing a cash value of $1,483.50. A number ot improvements have been made to the farm buildings during the year, among which were the moving and repairing of the pest house, cementing basement and putting 1n sewerage. At present there are on the farm 11 head of cattle, 2 horses, 15 hogs, and about 50 chickens. There are 30 acres under cultiva- tionand 70 acres of pastcre, and Superintendent Phillippi recom- mends an additional 20 acres be cleared. Dr. Blakeslee Removing Quarantines. Dr. Blakeslee returned this morn- ing from a visit to the Battle River country, and also logging camps in the vicinity of Blackduck. As county physician, the doctor was looking after some diphtheria cases in the Battle River country. He found that the two Rigdon children, who recently came from Fargo and who were sick with diph- theria on their arrival to Battle River, had died. They were under the care of a local physician. Dr. Blakeslee has the diphtheria pretty well under control in the Battle River country. While he was at Blackduck, Dr. Blakeslee raised a quarantine on the logging camp of W. H. McAvity, where there has beed diphtheria which is now entirely stamped out. Dr. Blakeslee has also removed the quarantine from the headquarters of the Grand Forks Lumber com- pany at Trondson Spur, near Kelli- her. Degree of Honor Installation. Mrs. Parker of Minneapolis, grand lady of the Degree of Honor of Min- nesota, paid an official visit to the Bemidji Degree of Honor lodge at the regular meeting held last even- ing, when the newly-elected officers of the lodge were installed. The installation was public, and a number of the friends of members of the lodge were present. At the conclusion of the installation cere- monies, an excellent lunch was served and there was dancing, and a general good time. Mrs. Parker paid a very high compliment to the officers of the Bemidji lodge. Successful Meetings. E. F. Olander, the American Sun” day School Union Missionary, closed the protracted meetings held at Mallard Sunday night. Every night there was a good general attendance, people coming greater or less dis- tance to attend, some came as far as five and six miles. On Sunday even- ing an expression was asked for, and a large number stood up, signifying their desire to live a more consistent christian Iife, others decided to begin a life for Christ. Common School Certificates. Program of examinations for Jan- vary 3C and 31, and February 1, 1908. Thursday, January 30th. (First Grade Studies.) A. M.—8:00 Enrollment. 8:15 Geometry. 10:00 Physics. P. M.—1:30 Algebra. 3:15 Physical Geography or General History. Agriculture may be taken at any one of above periods, and may be substituted for either Geometry or Physical Geography. Friday, January 31st. (Second Grade Studies.) A. M.—8:00 Enrollment. 8:30 Professional Test. 9:30 Spelling. 10:00 Arithmetic. P. M.—1:15 Geography. 2:45 Composition and Pen- manship. 3:20 Reading. N Saturday, February 1st. (Second Grade Studies Continued.) A. M.—8:00 U. S. History. 9:45 English Grammar. 11:30 Mu. P. M.—1:15 Physiology-Hygiene. 2:45 Civics. ' 4:00 Drawing. The examination will be held in the court house, Thursday, Jan. 30th and in the high school building Friday, Jan. 31st and Saturday, Feb. 1st. . Marks of 75 or above from an complete examination taken ‘within two years will be accepted, including State high school board certificates. A second grade certificate on which no mark is below 70 per cent. is up- on recommendation renewable for two years if the applicant has given evidence of ambition to improve by attending teachers’ meetings, insti- tutes and training schools and by reading books proscribed by the Teachers’ Reading Circle board and other educational books and papers. Teachers should bring with them all the credits, including certificates, which they wish ‘to have accepted. Dated Bemidji, Minn,, Jan. 1st, 1908. W. B. STEWART, Co. Supt. of Schools. Squier’s Dogs o the Show. The high-grade, exclusively-pedi- greed canines belonging to W. H. Squier of Blackduck (six in number) passed through the city this morn- ing enroute to Minneapolis, on an aristocratic visit. ' The dogs are pure-bred Irish ter- riers, there being two old dogs and six pups, all of which are fine-looking dogs. One of the numter is “Pat”, whose intelligence was commented upon in the Pioneer recently. Friends of Mr. Squier who are in- formed in canine pedigrees, state that “Billy” has the finest Irish ter- riers in the entire country, and that the dogs will certainly take a prize atthe kennel show which will be held at Minneapolis next week. FAVORS REMOVAL LAND OFFIGE FROM CASS LAKE E. C. Eggelston of Littlefork Tells of Inconvenience in Going to the Present Location. E. C. Eggelston of Littlefork, deputy sheriff of Koochichipg county, was in the city today on his way to Cass Lake, where he will appear as a witness in a contest before the U. S. Land office. In speaking of the rresent loca- tion of the U. 8. land office at Cass Lake, Mr. Eggelston says: “The location of the U.S. land office at Cass Lake is a great incon- venience to the people who live in Koochiching, Beltrami and Itasca counties, adjacent to-the M. & I. railway. Anyone from our.country who desires to transact business at the Cass Lake land office must leave home the day previous in order to be there on time.” One must come to Bemidji at 8 o’clock in the morning and wait here until noon, arriving at Cass Lake shortly after 1 o’clock in the afternoon. “A train leaves Cass Lake for Be- midji shortly before 3 o’clock, allow- ing at the best but an hour and a half for the transaction of land office business before the train re- turns to Bemidji. “Itis a difficult matter to get business done in time to return on this train, so as to take the M. & I. north-bound train .at 6:30 p. m. for home. 1In fact, it cannot be done, and one must lose another day and remain over. “It would be much différent if the office was located in Bemidji, as a person could get here in the morn- ing, and would have the efitire day to transact business at the land office and leave for his home the same evening. With the office at Bemidji, we could at least save one day’s time, and in most’ cases two iy 1 o “By all means, get- the land "office Firemen’s Annual Masquerade. The members of the Bemidji fire department will give their annual masquetade ball at the city opera 21st. The date heretofore has always been on February 22nd (Washington’s 'birthday) but the date is fixed one day earlier this year because of the fact the 22nd of Februarv falls on Saturday - night, and those present at the dance would probably” desire to dance after midnight, thereby “fracturing” the Sabbath. A committee of the fire laddies met Sunday and appointed the follow- ing committees to have charge of the dance: g < Floor Committee—R. Russel, A. Gould, C. S. Dailey, A. Doran. Arrangements—George” Fleming, J. J. Doran, M. Downs, M. F. Cun- ningham, E. H. Cornwall, H. Doran, Bart Stafford. ¢ 4 Special Committee—Gary Bren- nan, John Cline. IS ko removed from Cass Lake'to Bemidji.” | house, on' the night of February | Robert Smyth Appointed Postmaster. Word comes from Washington that Robert E. Smyth was yester- day appointed postmaster at Nebish, to succeed Charles Hamlin,resigned. Robert E. Smyth is a - son of D. C. Smyth of this city, and agent for the M..R. L. & M. railway at Nebish, also being manager for the company’s store at Nebish. *“Bob” is a splendid. yonng fellow and well deserves the appointment. Special Notice. All parties indebted to me are requested to settle their accounts at once and pay the same to C. F. Schmidt, City Meat Market. g —H. F. Schmidt. Additional Locals "; . Tohn Davis of Laporte spent last night in Bemidji and returned to his home this morning. C. L. Scheeron of International Falls passed through the city this morning on his way to St. Paul. Charles Campbell, a former resi- dent of this city, who is now living at Minneapolis, returned to ‘the! “Mill City” this morning, after hav ing spent a week in Bemidji looking after some business matters which he is still interested here. in Sam Cone, the energetic commer- cial traveler for the L. S. Loeb com- pany of Duluth, has been calling on the local owners of refreshment parlors'today. Sam still claims that he will take that job to Jerusalem before the end of the present year. Mrs. Lydia Kelley of Satwater, Minn., left for her home this morn- ing. Mrs. Kelley has been visiting for a month atthe home Rev. and Mrs. S. E. P. White. Rev. and Mrs. White and Mrs. Kelley are old friends, Mr. and Mrs. White having at one time lived at At- water. STATE'S CASE BRI Quickly Submits Evidence of the Murder of Stanford White. OPENING STATEMENT SHORT Assistant District Attorney Garvan Tells of Harry Thaw's Crime and Declares It Was “Premeditated, De- liberate and Cowardly.” New York, Jan. 14.—The prosecu- tion in the trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White has completed the presentation of its case. Less than four hours were oc- cupled, only a few witnesses being examined. The defense will now have its inning and the real fight of the prosecution will be made in re- buttal. In outlining the prosecution’s case to the jury Mr. Garvan said, in part: “The defense in this case is insan- ity. The material facts are admitted. Insanity, let me assure you, is not to be defined what you or I might think. It is not what physicians er metaphy- siciuns may tell us; or what scientists or pseudo-scientists may describe. In- sanity as we have to deal with has| been defined by the legislature of New York. The law is wiser than we are. ‘We must obey it and live under the law. That law says that the only per- son excused from criminal responsibil- ity is he who'is so deficient of reason that he does not know the nature or quality of his act; that the act is wrong. “With this definition and this defini- tion alone of the law I ask you to Judge of all the acts of this defendant the night of June 25, 1906, which is the night on which he killed Stanford ‘White.” Mr. Garvan dwelt at length upon the conversation Thaw had on' the roof garden with James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of Stanford White. The conversation, he declared, was entire- ly sane and had occurred just a few moments . before the Kkilling, Eight subjects, from Wall street to ocean travel, were discussed in a normal way. “After describing the killing of White Mr. Garvan declared, in conclusion, FRANCIS P. GARVAN. - that, judged by any court, the prosecu- tion belicved the homicide could be ] explained as a “premeditated; deliber- ate and cowardly murder.” Mrs. Evelyn Thaw listened to the prosecutor’s discussion of the actual details of the tragedy with tense drawn features. Josfah .Thaw, the brother, aid Mrs. George L. Carnesle, sister, completed the usual family group. Thaw sat with his eyes fixed upon the prosecutor, his head rested | upon his right hand. W. H. Volkening, a draughtsman, was the first witness called. His diagram of the scene of the killing, which the prosecution used through- out the first trial, was reintroduced in evidence. A year ago this witness was not cross-examined. On this occasion Mr. Littleton, for the defense, ques- tloned him at length as to all the physical details of Madison Syuare Garden at the time of the drawing. No motion to exclude witnesses was made and young Mrs. Thaw and the other members of the defendant’s fam- ily listened to the evidence for the first time. Immediately after the first witness had concluded his testimony all wit- nesses but medical experts were ex- clude¥. Dr. John T. Deemar, the Thaw family physician, was in the courtroom and will be one of the first witnesses for the defense. As the second witness of the prose- cution Mr.. Garvan examined James Clinch Smith, who last year testified in rebuttal, having been abroad when the state presented its direct case. In great deiail Smith described the entry of Thaw and his party. With the defendant was Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, Thomas MeCnaleb and Truxton Beale. Mr. Smith repeated his conversation with Thaw, which began by the latter saying he could only get three seats on the roof and intended strolling himself. Mr. Smith’s testimony followed that eiven at the first trial almost iden- tically. Thaw asked him if he was doing anything in Wall street and said he thought certain stocks were very good. WON $2,000 BY SCHEME. Five Young Men Beat Chicago Gam- bling Game. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Five gentle man- nered young men have put five tin- horn handhooks\out of business and nre now being eagerly sought for by the proprietors of the books, although the police kave not been asked to Join in the search. A few days ago the five book- makers noticed that each had a new customer. The young men played the New Orleans races for several days with varying success. They always made their bets a few minutes before the result of the race they were playing was received over the wire. This attracted littlé atten- tion, as ihe bets were generally lost. Then came .the coup. One of the young men went to a drug store in the neighborhood and leased a long distance telephone’ wire to the New Orleans racetrack for the entire after- noon. He obtained the winners of four races before they could be telephoned to the handbooks in the neighborhood and each one of his friends would rush out and place bets. After winning $2,000 the young men quietly disappeared. FLEET AT RIO JANEIRO. Battleships Cover Oneghird of Dis tance to Frisco. Rio Janeiro, Jan. 14—The Amer- ican fleet of sixteen battleships has entered the port of Rio Janeiro after a passage from, Port of Spain, Trinidad, of more than 3,000 miles, unmarred by serious accident, replete with interest- ing incidents and ending with a royal Wwelcome from the thousands that had gathered to greet the visitors. The fleet has now covered about 4,600 miles, about a third of the dis- tance of the voyage to San Francisco.’ Outside of Rio Janeiro a Brazilian fleet, consisting of three cruisers, ac- companied by the American . tender Yankton, met the American battle- ships off Cape Frio and after an ex- change of greetings steamed with them along the coast into a roadstead. A hearty welcome was extended to the officers and men by the minister of marine in the name of the Brazilian government, and the navy. Bands played and whistles blew, with the waving of many flags, as the Amer- ican ships steamed proudly through and dropped their anchors. SEPARATED FORTY YEARS Couple Reunited After an Accidental Meeting. Chicago, Jan. .14—After having been divorced for forty years an acci- dental meeting brought Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ackley, the latter for some years a music teacher in Chicago, to- gether again and now they are en- Joying their second honeymoon. Benjamin Ackley and Miss Ellen A. Milwood were married at Minneapolis in 1871. One year passed and they separated after a quarrel, Mr. Ackley going to New York. Mrs. Ackley remained in Minneap- olis for a year studying music. Later she came ' to Chicago, where she earned her music by teaching music. Last week Mrs. Ackley visited Min- neapolis and met her former husband by accident. He. did not recognize her. Mrs. Ackley followed him and found he was staying at a hotel. She addressed a letter to him there which brought about a meeting and recon- ciliation. WORKING FOR CANTEEN. Association Favoring Cause Busy Es- tablishing Branches. New York, Jan. 14—The governing board of the Army Canteen associa- tion, an association of men who hope to induce congress to repeal the law which prohibits the sale of beer and light wines at army posts and soldiers’ homes, is taking active steps to or- ganize branches of the association in every state in the Union that a united pressure may be brought to bear on congress to restore the canteen, as recommended by practically every offi- cer in the army. General George B. Loud, a prom- Inent member of the Grand Army of || the Republic, is president of the asso- ciation. Major General Fred D. Grant and many other prominent army offi- cers are giving the movement their ‘hearty support. WIRE LINES DAMAGED Sleet Storm Cuts Off Chicago From the Outer World. OLD METHODS RESORTED TO Fire Department’s Alarm System Is Knocked Out and Members Are Placed in Watch Towers to Keep a Lookout for Flames. Chicago, Jan. 14.—Chicago’s tele- graphic communication with the outer world, which practically was para- lyzed by a severe sleet storm, is slow- ly being restored to normal condi- tions. The construction departments worked all night repairing poles and broken wires. Emergency cables were sent out by the telegraph com- panies and were strung along fences in the rural districts. Two hundred poles in the vicinity of Grand Crossing were carried to the ground and a number along the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad company’s Western division. There; was less damage to lines of the Illi- nois Central, which jsft open com- munication to some points 1In the South. Telegraphic service of all roads, however, was more or less. af- fected. Considerable inconvenience -also was caused to patrons of the long dis- tance telephone service, many wires being blown down, ‘With fire alarm and police telephone devices practically out of commission the old watch tower system—used only upon extreme occasions—was re- sorted to. All day and throughout the night firemen were stationed either in the towers surmounting station houses or at a vantage point that would best enable them to detect a blaze in the vicinity in order that the department might respond promptly. The storm gave employment to many idlé men and work to all avail- able extra men on the payrolls of the telephone, telegraph and lighting com- panies. The transportation companies also used extra outside men to some “xtent. Baseball Pitcher Has Throat Cut. St. Joseph, Mo, Jan. 14—With throat cut from ear to ear Pat Seay, a pitcher for St. Joseph and Omaha, in the Western league, and for Rock Island, in the Three I's, was taken to a hospital, where he is reported dying. 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ARMY: Able- bodied unmarried men, between ages of 21 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and temperate habits, who can speak, read, and write English For information apply to- Recruit- ing Officer, Miles Block, Bemidji Minn. B WANTED: Competent track man to take charge of seventeen miles of narrow guage logging railroad in Yucatan Mexico. Liberal wages to right man. Inquire or address G. E. Crocker, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED—Good girl for general housework. 1007 Beltrami Ave. FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. '~ FOR SALE: Price $15.00. Miles. GIRL WANTFD: $4 to $5 a week. Mrs. A. A. Richardson, 508 Minn. Ave. One barber chair. Apply to H. A. FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Six room cottage, 913 Bemidji Ave. H. A. Miles. ’Phone 8. FOR RENT: Furnished 921 Minnesota avenue. rooms. LOST and FOUND A A A AP NSNS NN LOST: Dark brown furs, six long tails, two short tails. Finder will please return to Mrs. W. M. 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